ASSIGNMENT- I

MATHEMATICS – V (BAS 404)

Q.1 Find the real roots of the following equations by using Bisection method correct to three
decimal places.
(1.1) 𝑥 − cos 𝑥 = 0
(1.2) 𝑒 −𝑥 = 𝑥
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(1.3) Find an approximate root of the equation sin 𝑥 = 𝑥 that lies between 𝑥 = 1 and
𝑥 = 1.5 (measured in radians). Carry out computation upto the 7th stage.
Q.2 Find the real roots of the following equations by using Regular falsi method correct to four
decimal places.
(2.1) 𝑥 3 + 𝑥 − 1 = 0
(2.2) cos 𝑥 = 3𝑥 − 1
(2.3) 𝑥𝑒 𝑥 = 3 in the interval (1, 1.5).
Q.3 Find the real roots of the following equations by using Newton’s Raphson method correct
tofour decimal places.
(3.1) 𝑒 𝑥 = 𝑥 3 + cos 25𝑥 which is near 4.5
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(3.2) Find the positive value of √32
(3.3) 3𝑥 = cos 𝑥 + 1
(3.4) 𝑥 𝑙𝑜𝑔10 𝑥 = 12.34 start with 𝑥0 = 10
Q4. Find the rate of convergence for Regular Falsi method.
Q5. Define the rate of convergence &Prove that Newton’s Raphson method has second order or
quadratic convergence.
Q6. Compare the Bisection, Regular Falsi, Newton’s Raphson methods.
Q7. (7.1) Find the cubic polynomial which takes the following values:
𝑦(3) = 6, 𝑦(4) = 24, 𝑦(5) = 60, 𝑦(6) = 124
(7.2) Find the polynomial interpolating the data: x : 0 1 2
F(x) : 0 5 2
Q8. (8.1) State and prove relation between the operators (∆, ∇, 𝛿, 𝐸, 𝜇, 𝐷).
(8.2) Express 𝑢 = 𝑥 4 − 6𝑥 3 + 11𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + 8 in factorial notation and hence find its all
successive differences in factorial notation.
Q9. From the following table of the half-yearly premium for policies maturing at different
ages, estimate the premium for policy maturing at the age of 63.
Age : 45 50 55 60 65
Premium : 114.84 96.16 83.32 74.48 68.48
∆ ∇
Q10. Prove that ∆ + ∇= ∇ − ∆
Q11. (11.1) Estimate the values of 𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏 in the following tables:
x : 10 15 20 25 30 35
y : 43 a 29 32 b 77
(11.2) The population of a town in decennial census is as under. Estimate the population
for the year 1955.
Year : 1921 1931 1941 1951 1961
Population(in Lac) : 46 66 81 93 101
Q12. In the table below, the values of 𝑦 are consecutive terms of a series of which 23.6 is the
6thterm. Find the first and tenth terms of the series:
x: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
y: 4.8 8.4 14.5 23.6 36.2 52.8 73.9

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Q13. Drive Newton’s interpolation formula and using suitable Newton’s formula to find the
number of men getting wages between Rs. 10 and Rs. 15 from the following data:
Wages in Rs.: 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40
Frequency: 9 30 35 42
Q14. Given 𝑦0 = 3, 𝑦1 = 12, 𝑦2 = 81, 𝑦3 = 200, 𝑦4 = 100, 𝑦5 = 8 without forming the
difference table, find ∆5 𝑦0.
Q15. Apply Newton’s backward difference formula to the data below, to obtain a polynomial of
degree 4 in x.
𝑥 : 1 2 3 4 5
𝑦 : 1 -1 1 -1 1
Q16. Find the polynomial of degree 3 which fits the following data:
𝑥 : 0 2 4 6
𝑓(𝑥) : 1 15 85 259
Q17. Use Newton’s Divided difference formula to calculate 𝑓(𝑥) from the following table:
𝑥 : 0 1 2 4 5 6
𝑓(𝑥) : 1 14 15 5 6 19
Q18. To find the value of 𝑦 when 𝑥 = 10, if the following value of 𝑦 and 𝑥 are given:
x : 5 6 9 11
y : 12 13 14 16
(18.1) Use Lagrange’s interpolation formula
(18.2) Use Newton’s divided interpolation formula
Q19. Find Newton’s divided differences polynomial for the following data:
𝑥 : -3 -1 0 3 5
𝐹(𝑥) : -30 -22 -12 330 3458
Also find 𝑓(2) using Lagrange’s interpolation formula.
Q20. Apply Lagrange’s method to find the value of 𝑥 when 𝑓(𝑥) = 15 from the given data
𝑥 : 5 6 9 11
𝑓(𝑥) : 12 13 14 16
Q21. The following table gives the population of a town during the last six censuses. Estimate the
increase in the population during the period from 1976 to 1978.
Year :1941 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991
Population :12 15 20 27 39 52
(in thousands)

ANSWERS
(1.1)0.0625 (1.2) 0.567 (1.3) 1.11328(2.1) 2.7065 (2.2) 0.6071(2.3) 3.789(2.1) 4.545 (2.2) 2.3784 (2.3)
5 100
0.518(3.1)4.545(3.2)1.0443(3.3)0.6071(3.4)0.052(4.2) 1.49730(7.1)3 𝑥 3 − 11𝑥 2 + 3 𝑥 − 40(7.2)9𝑥 − 4𝑥 2 (9)
70.5852(11.1)𝑎 = −33.93, 𝑏 = −46.73(11.2) 96.84 (12)𝑓(1) = 3.1, 𝑓(10) = 100(13) 15 (14) 755
2 100
(15) 𝑓(𝑥) = 3 𝑥 4 − 8𝑥 3 + 3 𝑥 2 − 56𝑥 + 31(16) 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝑥 3 + 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 1(17) 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝑥 3 − 9𝑥 2 + 21𝑥 + 1
(18) 14.667,14.65 (19) 144(20)11.5 (21) 2530

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